Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 5:38 AM EST for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 1990, 5:38 AM EST (10:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KATL 101038
SVRATL
GAC063-067-113-121-199-101145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
538 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...CLAYTON...COBB...FAYETTE...FULTON
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...MERIWETHER
AT 534 AM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LAKE
ALLATOONA TO DOUGLASVILLE SOUTH TO HOGANSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 50 TO 55
MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH IN
EASTERN ALABAMA.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 4:28 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ001>008-101015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 430 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990 AT 405 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM BLAIRSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY TO JASPER IN PICKNENS COUNTY TO CEDARTOWN IN POLK COUNTY TO BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN FROM WATKINSVILLE IN OCONEE COUNTY TO THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY TO CUSSOTA IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER GEORGIA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPIATE ACTIONS IF NECESSARY. BDL
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 4:47 AM EST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 445 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMIAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA TODAY... AT 440 AM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLAIRSVILLE TO CEDARTOWN. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR MADISON TO EAST OF COLUMBUS. THIS LINE ALSO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ACROSS GEORGIA INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN? HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 5:37 AM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 535 AM EST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMIAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA TODAY... AT 530 AM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR ABBEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA TO NEAR MACON GEORGIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE ALATOONA TO LAGRANGE GEORGIA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ACROSS GEORGIA INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 8:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 118 min |
| Feb 10, 3:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 3:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 4:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 4:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 4:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 5:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 5:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 5:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 5:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 6:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 69 min |
| Feb 10, 6:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 6:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Franklin, Madison, Stephens | 116 min |
| Feb 10, 6:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 116 min |
| Feb 10, 6:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 116 min |
| Feb 10, 6:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 6:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 6:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Peach | 31 min |
| Feb 10, 6:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Putnam | 31 min |
| Feb 10, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 2 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 2 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 36 min |
| Feb 10, 6:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Feb 10, 7:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Feb 10, 7:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Ben Hill, Turner | 42 min |
| Feb 10, 7:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Irwin | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 7:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jefferson, Richmond | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 7:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, McDuffie | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 8:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 50 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.